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Amodei Proposes Third-Party AI Safety Evaluators Inside Firms

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC · How we work

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Amodei Proposes Evaluators

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed embedding third-party safety evaluators inside frontier AI firms.
He outlined evaluator desks, badges, and laptops in a September 12, 2026 essay.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reposted the plan and promised similar evaluator access at OpenAI.
President Donald Trump rebuked Amodei on Truth Social on September 14, 2026, dismissing extra AI guardrails.
Critics Julie Andersen Hill and Deborah Raji argue evaluators lack enforcement power and may face conflicts of interest.

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King Charles Presses AI

Startup CEOs warned AI coordination could create a market cartel, citing Aidan Gomez.
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said antitrust waiver requests raise alarm about entry barriers.
SOC Investment Group urged Anthropic to postpone its Nasdaq IPO until AI safety rules are clear.
Cognichip CEO Faraj Aalaei warned regulatory walls give incumbents an unfair advantage.
King Charles will press Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic on AI safety at a Scottish summit.

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Historical Context

The EU adopted the General Data Protection Regulation on 14 April 2016, with enforcement beginning 25 May 2018; by 2020 the Commission had levied €7.5 billion in fines against firms such as Google and Facebook. This continent-wide regime, which inspired laws like the CCPA, now informs calls from FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and Anthropic’s AI evaluator plan to apply similar external oversight and heavy penalties to fast-moving AI systems.

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Amodei Proposes Evaluators

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed embedding third-party safety evaluators inside frontier AI firms.
He outlined evaluator desks, badges, and laptops in a September 12, 2026 essay.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reposted the plan and promised similar evaluator access at OpenAI.
President Donald Trump rebuked Amodei on Truth Social on September 14, 2026, dismissing extra AI guardrails.
Critics Julie Andersen Hill and Deborah Raji argue evaluators lack enforcement power and may face conflicts of interest.

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